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Sep
24
2014
3:00—4:30 PM
September 10, 2014
How much can poverty be reduced by growth and how much by redistribution? Existing analyses of that question have been limited by inaccurate estimates of current and forecasted poverty rates, based on excessive optimism regarding the impact of growth on poverty in richer countries. Richard Bluhm wil...
May
29
2014
9:00—10:30 AM
May 21, 2014
The excitement and controversy in the run-up to this year's World Cup in Brazil offers an apt opportunity to reflect on the wider links between soccer, national economies, and even history. The Center for Global Development is pleased to invite you to join us to hear Joshua Nadel, a history prof...
Jan
29
2014
4:00—5:30 PM
January 16, 2014
America is in decline, and the rise of the East suggests a bleak future for the world's only superpower - so goes the conventional wisdom. In his new book, The Upside of Down, Charles Kenny argues that America's so-called decline is only relative to the newfound success of other countries. And there...